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As we all heard, the "Blade" star Wesley Snipes was sentenced by federal judge to 3 years in prison - maximum conviction time for tax evasion. The decision came as a big surprise for Snipes, who even wrote the government three $5 million checks to convince judge to give him just home detention and community service charges. None of this worked - Wesley is going to do hard time. This case marks a big victory for prosecutors who made the Spines case an example and a threat to all rich people who fail to correctly file their tax return.
Photoshop anything related to Wesley Snipes court case and Wesley Snipes serving time in jail. Some examples are: show the filed tax forms by Snipes,
what activities Wesley will engage in behind bars, what new movies (or sequels) can he star in while in prison, demotivational poster with Snipes, etc.
[ browse best gallery pictures ] Tags: wesleysnipesjail Jackpot: 1st place: $5, 2nd place: $3 , 3rd place: $2 Started: 5/4/2008 6:00:00 PM, Ended: 5/7/2008 6:00:00 AM
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Wesley Snipes, born 1962 is an American actor.
Biography:
Wesley Snipes was born on July, 31, 1962 in Orlando, Florida. Snipes passed out of High School for the Performing Arts with subjects being dance, vocal and scenic speech. He studied at State University of New York at Purchase, where received Bachelor of Arts degree. After completing the university, he acted in advertisements and played in theatres. In 1987, he had an opportunity to appear in Michael Jackson's clip “Bad”, directed by Martin Scorsese.
Later on, Snipes played in comedy film “Major League” (1989), action-film “King of New York” (1990) and drama of Spike Lee “Mo’ Better Blues”(1990).
In 1991, Snipes played the role of drug-lord in the film “New York” and “The Water Dance”. Both the roles were highly appreciated and in 1992, he appeared in his first high budget film “Passenger 57”. Comedy film “White Men Can’t Jump”, released in the same year, was a huge success.
In 1993, Snipes played along with Sean Connery in “Rising Sun” and with Sylvester Stallone in "Demolition Man” and after three years – with Robert De Niro in “The Fan”. In 1997, Wesley Snipes received best actor “Volpi Cup” award in “Venice Film Festival” for the role in melodrama “One Night Stand” with Nastassja Kinski.
Additional facts:
For a long time, actor is practicing Afro-Brazilian martial arts Capoeira. He is fluent in oriental martial arts.
On April 24, 2008, Federal City Court of Ocala, Florida, issued verdict of “guilty” against Hollywood actor Wesley Snipes. Court stated that Snipes evaded tax payment for three years (1999-2001) and as a result, owes more than $15 million to State Treasury. Wesley Snipes pleaded guilty and tried to avoid real term. Before the sentence was pronounced, he offered to issue three cheques of $5 million to State Treasury in exchange for lenience. Federal public prosecutors accepted the cheques and handed them to Finance Ministry. However, this did not help in exempting Wesley from the punishment. He received a three year prison term, which is maximum punishment for tax evasion in the USA.
. Federal prisoners serve their court-imposed sentences, minus approximately 15 percent for good behavior, if applicable. Such sentence reductions may not exceed 54 days per year. Other types of early release are prohibited.
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As we all heard, the "Blade" star Wesley Snipes was sentenced by federal judge to 3 years in prison - maximum conviction time for tax evasion. The decision came as a big surprise for Snipes, who even wrote the government three $5 million checks to convince judge to give him just home detention and community service charges. None of this worked - Wesley is going to do hard time. This case marks a big victory for prosecutors who made the Spines case an example and a threat to all rich people who fail to correctly file their tax return.
